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Council advances RFQ for downtown civic‑area master plan after heated debate over police‑station scope
Summary
City staff outlined an aggressive RFQ/RFQ timeline to select a consultant for a downtown civic‑area master plan; council members disagreed over whether to include the police headquarters in that procurement after staff said existing ADG work could be used only with council direction.
City staff told the Boca Raton City Council on May 15 that they intend to issue a qualifications‑based solicitation to hire a consultant to lead a downtown civic‑area master plan and public engagement program for the 17‑acre Memorial Park government campus.
Deputy City Manager Andy Lukasic described a six‑phase engagement approach — launch and alignment, active listening, validation, an open week‑long design charette, refinement/testing and finalization — with monthly council touchpoints and a target to bring a negotiated contract back for council action on July 28. “We’re gonna be giving firms about three weeks to respond,” he said, describing the timeline as “aggressive” but intended to allow completion of the master plan by January.
A major point of contention was whether the…
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